Hey Barb,
I am typing this to you on the computer that you just helped me to connect.
Thank you very much and have a great weekend!!!!!!!
"Barb Bowman" wrote:
> some cable modems will require you to power cycle them between
> connecting different computers/network cards because the bridging
> table is expecting the mac address of the last computer that was
> connected.
>
> you don't mention a router and state you connect direct to the cable
> modem.
>
> unplug the cable modem and plug it back in. then power up the
> computer that won't connect. what happens?
>
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:44:03 -0700, William
> <William@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am on vacation at a residence that has a cable modem. Windows XP connects
> >to the internet with no problem, but I can not get Vista to connect.
> >When I connect the Vista laptop to the ethernet connection on the cable
> >modem, and click on Internet Explorer it lets me know that I am working
> >offline.
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>